Old Horses

Taggert (Tag) Jones grew up in the worst place in the world. At least he thought that it was. His ma was forced to work as a soiled dove, and even died as one. And now that Tag is all grown up, and found another women in the same situation as his ma, he felt he had to do something. But Tag is only a few years old as a Christian and still needs to know when to listen to God. Will he be able to help this new woman? And will he be following God’s will for his life? Cecily was sold to Mr. Thames by her uncle. She had no one but God left in this world. And even though Mr. Thames bought her to ...

Grace has been pushed away from her ma all her life, and all she wanted to do was make her proud and marry a rich man like her ma wanted. But when Grace couldn’t even do that, she was ready to give up and marry the first man who asked her, even if the first man had always made her clumsy whenever he was around. Nathaniel never thought his dreams would come true. But when he was about to have it all the girl he was courting turned out to be bad news and the girl that drove him crazy needed him. Nathaniel surprised himself by proposing to her. Could it be that she was the one God had ...

Pepper Ryan found herself in a bad situation. She found herself far from home after receiving unwanted attention from the man who brought her up to Montana from Texas, where her ma still was. The worst of it was that she didn’t know what she was going to do from there. She started working for a nice family near the small town of Trinity, but soon, she was sure they would kick her out on the street. Amos Philips was known for being the jokester, the man who never took anything seriously. But when the woman working for his sister finds herself in a bind, will he be willing to marry her to ...

Cade Philips was always so serious and thought everything through, but that all changed one day when he spotted a woman across the way at his sister’s wedding. He didn’t know what drew him to her, but everything changed that day. He couldn’t keep her off of his mind, and he wasn’t sure that he wanted to. Cade knew that he was going to love this woman for the rest of his life. Winn, Winifred Christian, had always been a tomboy. She’d grown up helping her pa on their ranch and taking care of her little sister. She’d always wanted to learn to be a girl though, but when that back ...

Claire is caught in something she doesn’t think there is a way out of. She’s been told by her own pa repeatedly that she is worthless and she was beginning to think he was right. Running away from home she gets herself into more trouble than if she had stayed. How will she get out of it, and how will she realize that no matter what, she is worth something to God. Travis and his sister, Naomi, lost their parents when his sister was only fifteen. They had been taking care of each other ever since, but Travis fears she may be staying to take care of him instead of finding a husband of her ...

Riley had been in love with Tristan for years and it seemed to her like forever , but no matter what she did she could never seem to get his attention. Riley had finally given up trying to be who she thought Tristan would want her to be and decided to live how God would want her to live. Just as she thought she would have to give him up... maybe he would start to see her in return. Forever Bride is the second book in the Montana Weddings series written by Robyn L Ackland. Each book in the series can be enjoyed as a standalone story or in series with some characters intertwined.

Caylor Dillon just turned eighteen when her pa had a last request. Her Pa found out he might only have a year left to live, he asked Caylor to marry the foreman, so that he would be able to see his first grandchild before he died. The thing is, Caylor and the foreman have been enemies for years. Pa's Last Request is the first book in the Montana Weddings series written by Robyn L Ackland. Each book in the series can be enjoyed as a standalone story or in series with some characters intertwined.

Emma feels like she is being judged by others because of something her brother has done. And then when her ma leaves them she feels as if she must prove she is nothing like either of them. If that means she stays at the ranch for the rest of her life to help, then so be it. Even if it means never marrying the man she loves. Michael grew up wanting to be a lawman, but when that doesn’t happen right away he gets a job as a ranch hand. After working there for years, he is ready to try to go for his dreams again. But it wasn’t just being a lawman that he wanted anymore. Now he wants it all....

She had it all--wealth beyond measure but she had no peace of mind. Why? Because of her daughter's love of the darn horses. Gina Franklin feared the beasts but hid her anxiety until the day she was told she had to learn how to ride one herself. All this to satisfy the making of a movie about her daughter's honeymoon trip called Riding for Gold. The trip promised to be the death of Gina if she couldn't figure a way out. The answer came in the form of one man--Dominique--her daughter's masterful horse trainer with the gentle hands that could calm any living thing. Gina and her PTSD. Would ...

The riders of Old Quarry Lake Farms are enjoying their summer together. Newcomer Shelby Simone and her friends Katherine Wilson and Rose Jensen spend all of their free time hanging out at the barn and exploring the town. Shelby is taking part in her first horse camp at the farm. Between her lack of riding experience and having Katherine as a junior counselor, Shelby feels equal parts confident and awkward. Katherine and Rose have been riding horses for years, and they’re all the same age—Shelby will never be able to catch up with them!

When Derek and his partner Maggie decide to escape to the country, they don’t opt for the simple life. Instead they set about converting an old Cotswold stables in Stow-on-the-Wold into their dream home. Over the next two years, they wage guerrilla war on the Planning Office, are cursed by everything from collapsing walls to poison gas, run out of money, and meet some very strange characters - till in its final stages of construction, the place unaccountably floods.

Enjoy this sweet cowboy novel by small-town romance author Erin K. Wright… The love he needs might be the last thing he expects… Adam Whitaker has loved and lost more times than he can count. But as the town’s vet and the director of an equine therapy camp, life is finally going great – if somewhat lonesome. And then, in strolls Kylie VanLueven, his new receptionist. The last time he saw Kylie, she was just a kid. Now, she’s beautiful and all grown up, but he knows keeping things professional is the right thing to do – no matter what his heart is telling him. Especially because ...

Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale for that month. At the end of the year, there are 12 stories they have selected as the best. The editor then picks one more to make a total of thirteen, a baker's dozen. These are the winning stories from the fifth year of the ezine's production. Enjoy!

Albert, Colonel Weatherford's assistant, had to guard the stables and the valuable colt Le Grand Chien at the Old Bergen Country Racetrack the night before the North Jersey Stakes Race. Rumor had it that Jake Katz, a notorious bookie, had been trying to fix the race. In addition, the colonel agreed to a bet with Katz at 10-1 odds that Le Grand Chien would win. Of course, that night even with Albert on guard, Katz would make every effort to make sure the horse would lose. The race was held the next day. Would Le Grand Chien even be able to race, let alone win?

Special pre-release pricing! Normally priced at $7.99. SIX-GUN MAN That’s what Dan Hanton was, among other things. A drifter and a loner who preferred wild lonesome country and remote, almost deserted town like Ramada where there weren’t too many innocent bystanders getting in the line of fire if old enemies from the past showed up looking for him. Old enemies like the Moody and Fink boys, outlaws who had nothing to fear from a crooked sheriff who never came to Ramada. They had nothing to fear from anyone except each other – and Dan Hanton. Nora banged on Lafe Moody’s door and then ...

From the author of Soul Deep in Horses: Memoir of an Equestrian Vagabond and the award-winning Tevis Cup Magic: Taking on the World’s Toughest 100 Mile Endurance Ride comes a collection of essays that take place in the present-day Wild West: southwest Idaho. In these keenly perceptive, and often humorous lyrical word portraits of nature, animals, local history, and horse rides and hiking adventures in the Owyhee country, Merri Melde gives readers a look at four seasons of a unique outdoor life. From experiencing wild thunderstorms, flash flood and wildfire, to horseback riding on cattle ...

Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale for that month. At the end of the year, there are 12 stories they have selected as the best. The editor then picks one more to make a total of thirteen, a baker's dozen. These are the winning stories from the sixth year of the ezine's production. Enjoy!

Michael Allen had watched his father charm his way in and out of so many different kinds of trouble, he’d all but stopped counting. Unctuous, yet honorable, Buford Allen embodied the spirit and passions of the West. But this time something was wrong. Why was his father so set on buying a ranch in Warhorse, Montana, of all places? And what was in the tattered suitcase hidden under the hotel bed?

Praise for The Last Stage: "Like the best works of Will James and Louis L’Amour, Bruce Scivally’s The Last Stage, with poetic economy, gives us new insights into the life of Wyatt Earp while placing itself solidly among the very best of new Western fiction." - C. Courtney Joyner, author of the Shotgun series (Bushwacked: The John Bishop Shotgun Saga, These Violent Times, The Bleeding Ground) Wyatt Earp. The life he lived. The death he imagined. Los Angeles, 1929. Wyatt Earp - once a famed Western lawman, now mostly forgotten - lies dying in his small bungalow, with his Jewish wife, ...

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